I finally found a job in the HVAC/R field. It took about 5 months, but I'm now working as a HVAC Helper. I'm currently working on both commercial and residential stuff, which, since I'm trying to learn as much about the field as possible, is great. I'm doing mostly service, but I do some installation too. I only wish the job was a little closer, but these are the things you do to get experience. I have a lot to learn, but I'm trying to make myself as helpful as possible.

My other new obsession is League of Legends. I'm probably playing it more then I should be. What can I say, I've been looking for a new PVP game, and I love Morgana.

The thing I should be working on is my drawing and inking. I'm starting to get a little more confident in my inking basics. I might almost be willing to post them, but a lot of what I'm working on is other artists stuff. So I would have to ask permission. At some point, I'd like to start working on a few advanced techniques, which would mostly be shadows and textures. I'm also starting learn which dip pens I like, but if anyone has tips on them, feel free to comment with them. There is another ink I wanna try yet.

I also have a story that is very slowly getting written. I now have an idea of how I want things to start. I'll see where the story takes me from there.

I need to learn to manage my time better, or I need more hours in the day.

Well, my life reboot is almost finished. It has left me rather busy the past year, which is part of the reason I haven’t been online much. Hoping to change that in the future. Yes, I know I say that every so often and nothing changes, but I want to keep more in touch with people and maybe meet some new people too. So what have I been doing?

I decided a while ago that my design job just wasn’t cutting it in the money department. There are other factors too. My current job changed its focus from quality to speed. There are a favored few who can do both, but I’m not really one of them, which leads them to constantly lean on me about my production levels. They have also had some layoffs and I haven’t had a raise in few years. It’s a struggling market. I know a lot of people are going through this right now, but let’s look forward instead of backward.

So early this year I started taking classes in HVAC/R, which I’ve really been enjoying. I have no problem working with my hands, and I like building stuff. It also looks like it has more of a future than my current job. So watch out, I have blowtorch experience now! (Achievement) Now, I just need to get over the classic new job paradox, where all the jobs are for people with experience. I’ll keep looking, and hoping I get a nibble at some point.

As for art, I’ve mainly been working on my inking as of late. It also neat working on one thing in art helps other things. Inking has been slowly teaching me line confidence and how to steady my hand. I’m by no means perfect in these areas, but I’m seeing some progress, but I need to start setting aside more time. If you wonder why you haven't seen them it's because they are mainly other artists linework or sketches. I use them to learn different line styles.

... To show off how much time we spent in front of the TV as kids watching these on VHS.

ANIMATION MEME
- X what you saw
- O what you haven't finished or saw sizable portions
- Bold what you loved
- Italize what you disliked/hated
- Leave unchanged if neutral

CLASSIC DISNEY

[x] 101 Dalmatians (1961)
[x] Alice in Wonderland (1951)
[x] Bambi (1942) (Traumatizing children everywhere)
[x] Cinderella (1950)
[x] Dumbo (1941)
[x] Fantasia (1940)
[x] Lady and the Tramp (1955)
[x] Mary Poppins (1964)
[x] Peter Pan (1953)
[x] Pinocchio (1940)
[x] Sleeping Beauty (1959)
[x] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
[ ] Song of the South (1946)

DISNEY'S DARK AGE

[x] The Aristocats (1970)
[ ] The Black Cauldron (1985)
[x] The Fox and the Hound (1981)
[x] The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
[x] The Jungle Book (1967)
[x] The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
[x] Oliver and Company (1986)
[x] Pete's Dragon (1977)
[x] The Rescuers (1977)
[x] Robin Hood (1973)
[x] The Sword In The Stone (1963)

THE DISNEY RENAISSANCE

[x] Aladdin (1992)
[x] Beauty and the Beast (1991)
[x] A Goofy Movie (1995)
[x] Hercules (1997)
[x] The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
[x] The Lion King (1994) (In the theater)
[x] The Little Mermaid (1989)
[x] Mulan (1998)
[x] Pocahontas (1995)
[x] The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
[x] Tarzan (1999)

DISNEY'S MODERN AGE

[x] Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
[ ] Bolt (2008)
[x] Brother Bear (2003)
[x] Chicken Little (2005)
[ ] Dinosaur (2000)
[x] The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
[ ] Fantasia 2000 (2000)
[ ] Home on the Range (2004)
[x] Lilo & Stitch (2002)
[ ] Meet the Robinsons (2007)
[x] Treasure Planet (2002)

PIXAR

[x] A Bug's Life (1998)
[x] Cars (2006)
[x] Finding Nemo (2003)
[x] The Incredibles (2004)
[x] Monsters Inc. (2001)
[x] Ratatouille (2007)
[x] Toy Story (1995)
[x] Toy Story 2 (1999)
[ ] Toy Story 3 (2010)
[x] Wall-E (2008)
[ ] Up (2009)

DON BLUTH

[x] All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
[x] An American Tail (1986)
[x] An American Tail: Feivel Goes West (1991)
[x] Anastasia (1997)
[x] The Land Before Time (1988) (Saw this exactly 100,000 times growing up)
[x] The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
[o] Rock-a-Doodle (1991)
[x] The Secret of NIMH (1982)
[ ] Thumbelina (1994)
[x] Titan AE (2000)
[ ] A Troll in Central Park (1994)

CLAYMATION

[ ] The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986)
[x] Chicken Run (2000)
[ ] Corpse Bride (2005)
[ ] James and the Giant Peach (1996)
[x] The Nightmare Before Christmas
[x] Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
[ ] Coraline (2009)

Various CGI

[x] Antz (1998)
[ ] Happy Feet (2006)
[x] Kung Fu Panda (2008)
[x] Madagascar (2005)
[ ] Monster House (2006)
[x] Over the Hedge (2006)
[x] The Polar Express (2004)
[x] Shrek (2001)
[x] Shrek 2 (2004)
[x] Shrek The Third (2007)
[ ] Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)

IMPORTS

[ ] Arabian Knight (aka The Thief and the Cobbler) (1995)
[x] The Last Unicorn (1982)
[ ] Light Years (1988)
[ ] The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
[ ] Persepolis (2007)
[ ] Waltz With Bashir (2008)
[x] Watership Down (1978)
[ ] When the Wind Blows (1988)
[ ] Yellow Submarine (1968)
[ ] The Plague Dogs

STUDIO GHIBLI/MIYAZAKI

[o] Grave of the Fireflies (1988) (This movie is like being punched over and over again)
[x] Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
[x] Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
[x] Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
[x] Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
[ ] My Neighbors The Yamadas (1999)
[x] My Neighbor Totoro (1993)
[x] Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
[x] Only Yesterday (1991)
[ ] Pom Poko (Tanuki War) (1994)
[ ] Porco Rosso (1992)
[x] Princess Mononoke (1999)
[x] Spirited Away (2002)
[x] Whisper of the Heart (1995) (What!?! No, “The Cat Returns”)
[ ] Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea (2009)

SATOSHI KON

[ ] Millennium Actress (2001)
[x] Paprika (2006)
[X] Perfect Blue (1999)
[ ] Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
[ ] Memories - "Magnetic Rose" part (1995)

SHINKAI MAKOTO

[ ] She and Her Cat (1999)
[ ] Voices of a Distant Star (2001)
[ ] The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
[ ] 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

OTHER ANIME FILMS

[x] Akira (1989)
[ ] Appleseed (2004)
[ ] Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)
[ ] Arcadia of My Youth (U.S. Title - Vengeance of the Space Pirate) (1982)
[x] Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2003)
[ ] The Dagger of Kamui (U.S. Title - Revenge of the Ninja Warrior) (1985)
[ ] Dirty Pair: Project Eden (1987)
[x] End of Evangelion (1997)
[ ] Fist of the North Star (1986)
[ ] Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
[x] Ghost in the Shell (1996)
[ ] The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
[x] Lensman (1984) (Gets kinda strange towards the end)
[x] Macross: Do You Remember Love (U.S. Title - Clash of the Bionoids) (1984)-Classic
[ ] Metropolis (2001)
[ ] Neo-Tokyo (1986)
[x] Ninja Scroll (1993)
[ ] Patlabor the Movie (1989)
[o] The Professional: Golgo 13 (1983)
[x] Project A-ko (1986)
[ ] Robot Carnival (1987)
[ ] Robotech: The Shadow Chronicle (2006)
[ ] Silent Möbius (1991)
[ ] Space Adventure Cobra (1982)
[ ] Steamboy (2004)
[x] Sword of the Stranger (2007)
[ ] Unico and the Island of Magic (1983)
[ ] Urotsukidoji: The Movie (1987)
[x] Vampire Hunter D (1985)
[x] Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust (2000)
[ ] Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force (1987)

CARTOONS FOR GROWN-UPS

[ ] American Pop (1981)
[x] The Animatrix (2003)
[ ] Beavis & Butthead Do America (1996)
[x] Cool World (1992)
[x] Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
[x] Final Fantasy: Advent Children (2005)
[ ] Fire & Ice (1983)
[x] Fritz the Cat (1972)
[x] Heavy Metal (1981)
[ ] Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
[ ] Hey Good Lookin' (1982)
[ ] Lady Death (2004)
[ ] A Scanner Darkly (2006)
[x] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
[ ] Street Fight (Coonskin) (1975)
[ ] Waking Life (2001)

HOLIDAY SPECIALS

[ ] The 12 Days of Christmas (1993)
[x] Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)
[x] Frosty the Snowman (1969)
[ ] Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979)
[ ] Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970)
[ ] The Easter Bunny is Comin’ to Town (1977)
[ ] Peter and the Magic Egg (1983)
[ ] A Family Circus Easter (1982)
[ ] A Chucklewood Easter (1986)
[ ] The First Easter Rabbit (1976)
[ ] Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)
[ ] Chucklewood Critters: ‘Twas the Day Before Christmas (1993)
[ ] Chucklewood Critters: The Christmas Tree Train (1983)
[ ] Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976)
[ ] A Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987)
[ ] A Claymation Easter (1989)
[ ] Halloween is Grinch Night (1977)
[ ] The Halloween Tree (1993)
[ ] ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
[ ] Raggedy Ann and Andy: The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile (1979)
[ ] Witch’s Night Out (1978)

OTHER ANIMATED MOVIES

[x] Animal Farm (1954)
[x] Animalympics (1980)
[ ] Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon The Movie (2007)
[x] Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
[x] The Brave Little Toaster (1988) (Wasn't this Disney? O.o)
[ ] Bravestarr: The Movie (1988)
[x] Cats Don't Dance (1997)
[x] Care Bears: The Movie (1985)
[x] Charlotte's Web (1973)
[x] Fern Gully (1992)
[ ] G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
[ ] Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986)
[x] He-Man & She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword (1985)
[x] The Hobbit (1977)
[x] The Iron Giant (1999)
[x] Ice Age (2002)
[ ] Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
[x] Lord of the Rings (1978)
[ ] Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)
[x] My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)
[ ] Pink Floyd's The Wall (1982)
[x] The Prince of Egypt (1998)
[ ] Powerpuff Girls: The Movie (2002)
[ ] Quest For Camelot (1999)
[ ] Ringing Bell (1978)
[x] The Road to El Dorado (2000)
[x] Space Jam (1996)
[ ] Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
[x] Superman: Doomsday (2007)
[x] The Swan Princess (1994)
[x] Transformers: The Movie (1986)
[x] Wizards (1977)
[x] Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
[ ] Wonder Woman (2009)
[x] Balto (1995)
[x] Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
[ ] The Seventh Brother (1995)
[ ] Willy the Sparrow (1988)
[ ] Scamper the Penguin (1988)